Hmm. Didn’t know there were such talks in 2009. They went nowhere though and the radar is in Turkey.
It may have been bs flowing from the admin to calm nerves after O scrapped GW’s plan. It mat possibly helped Puttyput justify his invasion of the Ukraine?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/10/15/us-usa-shield-russia-idUSLF69165720091015
I’m not sure if I can quote this one here so I won’t but the article is about Russia getting upset over the US placing or using radar stations in the Ukraine for missile defense.